STATE v. MOORHEAD

No. 65330.

308 N.W.2d 60 (1981)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Norman MOORHEAD and Linda Moorhead, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Hastings, Ames, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Thomas N. Martin and Steven G. Norby, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

David C. Gibbs, Jr., and Charles E. Craze of Gibbs & Craze, Parma Heights, Ohio, for amicus curiae Christian Law Ass'n.

Edgar H. Bittle and Edward W. Remsburg of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Ass'n of School Boards, Inc.

Considered en banc.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

Defendants, Norman and Linda Moorhead, appeal from their simple misdemeanor convictions of violating the compulsory education requirements of section 299.1, The Code 1979. We affirm.

On October 16, 1979, defendants were charged by a document entitled "information" with failing to cause two of their children, Janese and Kirk, to attend the schools of the Southeast Warren Community School District in violation of section 299.1, The Code. That...

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